REBIRTH Mitglieder

Cantz, Tobias, Prof. Dr. med.

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T. Cantz (*1972), MD, is W2 professor for ‘Translational Hepatology and Stem Cell Biology’ at MHH. He is executive board member of the cluster of excellence REBIRTH and head of the work groups ‘public outreach’ and ‘ethical, legal, and social aspects’ of the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN). Research of T. Cantz focuses on induced pluripotent stem cells, their differentiation into hepatic and biliary derivatives, development of iPSC-based disease models and gene engineering approaches, as well as exploring direct reprogramming of myofibroblasts into hepatic cells as therapeutic strategy.